Question

Three boys and three girls boarded a bus to Lauderdale, Florida, dreaming of golden beaches. When the bus passed through New Jersey, they began to notice Vingo, who sat in front of them, dressed in a plain, ill-fitting suit.

Deep into the night, the bus pulled into Howard Johnson Restaurant, and everybody got off except Vingo. He sat rooted in his seat, and the young people began to wonder: perhaps he was a sea captain, a runaway from his wife, an old soldier going home.

Shortly after a snack, they went back to the bus and one of the girls sat beside him and introduced herself.

After a while, slowly and painfully, he told his story. He had been in prison in New York for the past four years. Last week he was released from imprisonment and now going home.

“When in prison I wrote to my wife,” he said. “I told her that I was going to be away a long time, and that if she couldn’t stand it, she could just forget me; I’d understand. We used to live in Brunswick, and there’s a big oak tree just as you come into town. Last week, I wrote her again. I told her that if she’d take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I’d get off and come home. If she didn’t want me, forget it and I’d go on through.”

She told the others, and soon all of them were in it, waiting for the approach of the great oak tree. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming and crying, doing small dances of joy. The oak tree was covered with yellow handkerchiefs, 20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds, a tree that stood like small flags of welcome flying in the wind. As the young people shouted, Vingo rose and made his way to the front of the bus to go home.

1.What attracted the six young people when their bus passed through New Jersey?

A. The Howard Johnson Restaurant.

B. A silent man.

C. Golden beaches.

D. A well-dressed man

2.The young people on the bus try to imagine Vingo may be a person EXCEPT_________.

A. a sea captain

B. an old soldier going home

C. an old soldier going home

D. a prisoner escaping from prison

3.Vingo wrote a letter to his wife again last week to ________.

A. ask for her forgiveness

B. beg her to allow him back home

C. tie a yellow handkerchief to the oak tree

D. make sure if she was still in love with him

4.Why did all the young people shout with joy when they arrived in Brunswick?

A. They were approaching their destination.

B. They were surprised to see so many welcoming people.

C. They were sure that Vingo’s wife was expecting him home.

D. The oak tree was still standing there welcoming Vingo back home.

5.What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Going home

B. Vingo and his wife

C. Yellow handkerchiefs

D. The relationship between Vingo and the young people

Answer 1